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Health & Healing
That’s amazing, thank you so search into the one who was
much. You know it’s literally called the father of gynecolo-
a few weeks ago that I dis- gy and how did he come about
covered that King Louis XIV the knowledge that he came
of 17th Century France is the about and you discover that
one who kicked off this wom- actually he was operating on
an lying on her back position slave women without anes-
during birth and then mod- thesia and was celebrated and
ern medicine practitioners eventually bedeviled in equal
thought, “Oh, this is really measure. Just that we would
convenient and it’s a great way pay attention to why we live
to help a child into the world.” the lives that we live so that we
But how often do we think can make adjustments, where
about the origin of things? necessary, to reset things back
Why did women move from to how they really should be
using a birthing stool to now and restore, like for instance
lying on their backs which in the example of childbirth,
actually constrains their backs what would be something
and their ability to contract so beautiful and precious, to
naturally during labor there- its rightful place and remove
fore elongating labor and mak- the stresses around it. Be-
ing it more painful? How often cause you’re literally creating
do we think about how things a foundation for the new life
began and why they continue, that has come into the world
why they are sustained? We and you are responsible for
have to be conscious of these the environment in which they
things and ask ourselves just come forth. So, take back the
how much of what we call power and ask yourself these
modern lifestyle even makes questions.
sense? When you do the re-
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